esforçado
Portuguese, adjective/is.foʁˈsa.du/
esforçado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “showing power and initiative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of esforçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se esforça”.
What does esforçado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
showing power and initiative
- 2
hard-working; industrious
verb
- 1
past participle of esforçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se esforça 2. que exige muita força 3. corajoso 4. forte
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of esforçado
- esforçada feminine
- esforçados masculine plural
- esforçadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esforçado?
- Brazil /is.foʁˈsa.du/
- Brazil [is.fohˈsa.du]
- Brazil /es.foʁˈsa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to esforçado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esforçado in Portuguese?
esforçado appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).